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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations |
| Section I. Existence |
| 1. Being, in the Abstract |
| 2. Nonexistence. |
| NOUN: | NONEXISTENCE, nonsubsistence; inexistence; nonentity, nil [L.]; negativeness &c. adj.; nullity; nihility, nihilism; tabula rasa [L.], blank; abeyance; absence [See Absence]; no such thing [See Unsubstantiality]; nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion, non esse [L.]. ANNIHILATION; extinction (destruction) [See Destruction]; extinguishment, extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration. |
| VERB: | NOT EXIST [See Existence]; have no existence [See Existence]; be null and void; cease to exist [See Existence]; pass away, perish; be or become extinct &c. adj.; die out; disappear [See Disappearance]; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die [See Death]. ANNIHILATE, render null, nullify; abrogate [See Abrogation]; destroy [See Destruction]; take away; remove (displace) [See Displacement]; obliterate, extirpate, deracinate [rare]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | INEXISTENT, nonexistent [See Existence]; negative, blank; null, minus, missing, omitted; absent [See Absence]; insubstantial, shadowy, spectral, visionary. UNREAL, potential, virtual; baseless, in nubibus [L.]; unsubstantial [See Unsubstantiality]; vain. UNBORN, uncreated, unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade. PERISHED, annihilated &c. v.; extinct, exhausted, gone, lost, departed; defunct (dead) [See Death]. FABULOUS, ideal (imaginary) [See Imagination]; supposititious [See Supposition]. |
| ADVERB: | negatively, virtually &c. adj. |
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